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Return of the Plumed Serpent

War God, Book 2

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Return of the Plumed Serpent

By: Graham Hancock
Narrated by: Barnaby Edwards
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Graham Hancock, an expert in ancient civilisations and author of the nine million selling Fingerprints of the Gods, and expert too, on the use of hallucinogens to achieve higher states of consciousness, brings these two interests together in the second volume of the War God trilogy.

The conquistador Hernán Cortés is dreaming of Tenochtitlan, the golden city of Aztecs. But in order to win the Aztecs' gold, Cortés and his small force of just 500 men will have to defeat the psychotic emperor Moctezuma and the armies of hundreds of thousands he commands.

Cortés expects that the Tlascalans, hereditary enemies of the Aztecs, will join him, but instead finds himself locked in a deadly struggle. As Cortés risks all against the Tlascalans, he plays mind games with Moctezuma, aiming to defeat the Aztec emperor psychologically before ever having to face him in battle.

In this he is aided by his lover Malinal, a beautiful Mayan princess. It is from Malinal that Cortés learns of the myth of Quetzalcoatl, 'The Plumed Serpent'. She shows him how to exploit the prophecy of the fabled god king's return to weaken Moctezuma's resolve and keep alive the suspicion that the conquistador might actually be Quetzalcoatl himself.

©2016 Graham Hancock (P)2016 Audible, Ltd
Action & Adventure Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical Paranormal Paranormal & Urban Ancient History Royalty War
Historical Authenticity • Engaging Storytelling • Masterful Narration • Epic Adventure • Beautiful Voice
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too good, im ready for the 3rd book already. ill be reading all of Hancocks fiction

addicting

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loved it and just like the first book I find my self searching to see when the 3rd one will be released. hoping to find out what happens and At the same time not wanting the story to end. also I must say the narration performance was so good the characters were brought to life.

Fantastic!!

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Why wasn't the god with the black obsidian eyes elaborated more. Great story of the Mexican conquest.

Great listen

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loving this!
the layers of history
the depth of detail
the epic story
the battles of gods

like a harry Potter for grown ups

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A little drawn out. I don't think the 3rd book is on audible. Good series though

a little drawn out

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this story is freaking awesome anybody who likes a good novel would love this book I love this whole series seriously my favorite novel series that I have ever read

Graham Hancock is the man

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I love this trilogy so much. The perfect mix of history, adventure, and storytelling. I’m a big fan of all of Graham’s work, but I hope he writes more fiction in the future!

Incredible Series

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There were a few chapters that were really repetitive and there was a lot of talking without any point, but things eventually came together.

It was a little slow, but still good

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It's Unbelievable, amazing, cruel, & funny! Graham Hancock is the best!! I can't believe this actually happened 500 years ago

A Great Listen! Gripping, hard to turn off.

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History with Fiction, gripping story hard to leave it. Looking forward to book three.

Excellent

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